Even more than most others, the awful 2016 election cycle has highlighted the dangers of political ignorance. Data has long shown that voter ignorance is widespread on both sides of the political ...

The second edition of Democracy and Political Ignorance fully updates its analysis to include new and vital discussions of the “Big Sort” and its implications for “voting with your feet ...

He effectively exploited political ignorance and misinformation in 2016, as well. I think Trump's lies and deceptions are, overall, worse than those of Obama before him, and have caused greater harm.

Political Ignorance. Political Ignorance is an Even Worse Problem than I Thought I've long warned about the dangers of voter ignorance. But the Trump era and the current election reveal that, on ...

The surplus of quality journalism in print, on the Web, and over the air should give the public little to no excuse for being uninformed about political issues. Never before has so much raw and ...

Political ignorance among voters is haunting this year’s election, writes Ilya Somin. And Trump has raised exploitation of this ignorance to new heights.

Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.

The 1975 made a statement about being apolitical at Glastonbury Festival. At a time of. great. crisis, Matty Healy's words ...

Political ignorance helps explain Americans’ perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.

Political ignorance among voters is haunting this year’s election, writes Ilya Somin. And Trump has raised exploitation of this ignorance to new heights.

Our political ignorance is as enduring as it is pervasive. When the Pew Research Center study compared the political knowledge of 1989 respondents with those from 2007 it found the advent of ...